Visual acuity and the essentiality of docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid in the diet of term infants

Pediatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,b   Hoffman, Dennis R ^a,b   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,c   Birch, David G ^a,b   Prestidge, Claude ^b,d  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Pediatric Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031871394     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199808000-00011     Document Type: Article

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